1. European History A Brief Summary

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3. The Romans Ruled much of Europe Built roads and aqueducts Culture influenced later generations Romans ruled from c 500 B.C. to c 400 A.D.

4. Greece – Parthenon http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/gallery/parthenon.jpg

5. Parthenon – Nashville, TN http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Parthenon.at.Nashville.Tenenssee.01.jpg

6. Rome - Colosseum http://www.artchive.com/artchive/r/roman/roman_colosseum.jpg

7. Roman Aqueduct http://www.airninja.com/pictures/Italy/Roman-aqueduct.jpg

8. The Roman Empire

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10. Constantine II © 2006 Jon Benignus

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16. The Fall of Rome http://www.coloradocollege.edu/Dept/Hy/Ashley/hy105/Map_- _Barbarian_Migrations.JPG

17. Europe - 600 AD http://www.euratlas.com/history_europe/europe_map_0600.html

18. Reuniting Europe Charlemagne – c 800 A.D. –Holy Roman Empire Napoleon – c 1800 –France Adolph Hitler – c 1940 –Germany

19. Charlemagne’s Empire http://www.coloradocollege.ed u/Dept/Hy/Ashley/hy105/Map _- _Empire_of_Charlemagne_to _814.JPG

20. The Crusades http://jwit.webinstituteforteachers.org/~naphhoff/htc213/Crusades%20map.jpg

21. Europe - 1400 AD The Renaissance http://www.euratlas.com/history_europe/europe_map_1400.html

22. Europe 1600 AD Reformation http://www.korcula.net/history/mmarelic/l uther_map_christian_religions_europe.jp g

23. Napoleon’s Empire http://go-passport.grolier.com/map?id=mh00056&pid=go

24. Germany vs. France Germany United in 1871 –Franco-Prussian War World War I 1914-1918 World War II 1939-1945 Invaded France 3 times in 70 years

25. Hitler’s Germany - 1942 http://upload.wikimedi a.org/wikipedia/comm ons/7/7e/Second_wor ld_war_europe_1941- 1942_map_en.png

26. Stopping the Germans Treaty of Versailles –Vindictive peace Maginot Line –Germans walked around it The European Union

27. The EU Formed in 1957 Has expanded to 27 countries today http://europa.eu.int/abc/maps/print_index_en.htm

28. Soviet Bloc Europe split after WWII –W. Europe and Soviet Bloc Western Democracies formed: – NATO – Military Alliance – EU – Economic Organization Eastern Communists formed: – Warsaw Pact – Military Alliance

29. NATO vs. the Soviet Bloc http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/euro1970.htm

30. Fall of the Soviet Bloc Soviet Bloc fell apart in the early 1990s Former Soviet Bloc countries join the West –NATO and the EU

31. 20 th Century European History 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 World War I World War II Cold War European Union 

32. You will be tested on... Rise and fall of the Soviet Bloc The unification of Europe through the EU